ML22024A214

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Nuclear Generating Plant - NMFS NRC Letter - Crystal River Energy Complex Biological Opinion Status (License No. DPR-72, Docket Nos. 50-302 and 72-1035)
ML22024A214
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Site: Crystal River  Duke energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/24/2022
From: Farmer N
US Dept of Commerce, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
To: Jack Parrott
Reactor Decommissioning Branch
Parrott J
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE Southeast Regional Office 263 13th Avenue South St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5505 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/southeast January 24, 2022 Jack D. Parrott Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop T-5A10 Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Status of Section 7 Consultation Under The Endangered Species Act for the cooling water intake system at the Crystal River Energy Complex (F/SER/2001/01080).

Dear Mr. Parrott:

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a Biological Opinion to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commision (NRC) for the cooling water intake system at the Crystal River Energy Complex on August 8, 2002 (hereafter refered to as the CREC biological opinion). The cooling water intake has been repurposed and modified for the Duke Energy Citrus Combined Cycle Station and is currently compliant with the Programmatic Biological Opinion on the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agencys Issuance and Implementation of the Final Regulations Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act on May 19, 2014 (hereafter refered to as the 316(b) biological opinion). As part of the 316(b) biological opinion process, NMFS received the most recent request for technical assistance from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on the Duke Energy Citrus Combined Cycle Station National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Application Renewal (FL0000159) on June 7, 2021. NMFS responded to this request in a letter dated June 9, 2021 with no suggested control measures or conservation recommendations beyond those presented in the 316(b) biological opinion.

The Permit Application Renewal (FL0000159) indicates the Crystal River Energy Complex cooling water intake is now part of the Duke Energy Citrus Combined Cycle Station and no longer in use for nuclear power generation. Based on this information, the 2002 CREC biological opinion is no longer applicable. No further action is required of the NRC concerning the CREC biological opinion.

If you have any questions, please contact Joe Heublein on my staff at (727) 209-5962 or joe.heublein@noaa.gov.

Sincerely, Nicholas A. Farmer, Ph.D.

Chief, Species Conservation Branch CC: Briana Arlene, NRC